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{{short description|Indian author, journalist and educator}}
{{Infobox artist
| image = Shubhangi Swarup.tif
| name = Shubhangi Swarup
| caption = Swarup in Mumbai, 2018
| birth_place = Nashik, Maharashtra
| notable_works = Latitudes of Longing
| website = [https://shubhangiswarup.com/ shubhangiswarup.com]
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1982}}
| education = St. Anne's High School, Fort, Mumbai
| alma_mater = St. Xavier's College (Mumbai), SOAS University of London
}}

'''Shubhangi Swarup''' ([[Hindi]]: शुभांगी स्वरुप; IPA - ʃʊbʰɑ́ŋgiː svəruːp) is an Indian author, journalist and educator. She is best known for her novel ''[[Latitudes of Longing]]'', which was published in 2018 by [[HarperCollins]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Shubhangi Swarup |url=https://harpercollins.co.in/author-details/shubhangi-swarup/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=HarperCollins Publishers India Books, Novels, Authors and Reviews}}</ref> and was declared a bestseller soon after its release in India,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-21 |title=Latitudes of Longing |url=https://lithub.com/latitudes-of-longing/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup |url=https://goop.com/book-club-latitudes-of-longing/ |website=goop Book Club}}</ref> and Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webico |date=2020-05-20 |title="Latitudes of Longing" by Shubhangi Swarup makes international waves from the start |url=https://www.pontas-agency.com/latitudes-of-longing-by-shubhangi-swarup-makes-international-waves-from-the-start/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Pontas Agency |language=en-US}}</ref>

Swarup has worked as a journalist since 2008, and has written for [[Open (Indian magazine)|Open]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shubhangi Swarup, Author at Open The Magazine |url=https://openthemagazine.com/author/shubhangi-swarup/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Open The Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Mint (newspaper)|The Mint]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-28 |title=Lounge Original: 'Confessions of a Menopausal Man' by Shubhangi Swarup |url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//news/talking-point/lounge-original-confessions-of-a-menopausal-man-by-shubhangi-swarup-111644641582756.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Mintlounge |language=en}}</ref> and also worked briefly in Zanzibar in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-11-25 |title=Paradise Island, Up Close and Real |url=https://openthemagazine.com/features/living/paradise-island-up-close-and-real/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Open The Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>

She was the Executive Editor for ElseVR channel, India's first [[virtual reality]] (VR) journalism platform co-created by filmmaker and producer [[Anand Gandhi]]. In this capacity, she directed and wrote ''When Borders Move'', a documentary about [[Hunderman]], a village in Kargil that once belonged to Pakistan, was shortly in no man’s land, and now belongs to India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shubhangi Swarup {{!}} Additional Crew, Director, Editor |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9139990/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Virtual reality adds transparency to narrative journalism |work=Business Standard |agency=IANS |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/virtual-reality-adds-transparency-to-narrative-journalism-117020700992_1.html |url-status= |access-date=7 February 2017}}</ref>

As part of the Dekeyser and Friend’s Dance Project, Swarup was part of [[Fire of Anatolia]], a Turkish dance group consisting of 120 dancers, several choreographers and other technical staff.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DANCE PROJECT – Dekeyser & Friends |url=http://www.dekeyserandfriends.org/dance-project/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-02-16 |title=My Life as an Extra |url=https://openthemagazine.com/essays/true-life/my-life-as-an-extra/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Open The Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> Additionally, she has volunteered as a teacher for street children and low income groups, and co-founded the community group, Hamara Footpath, a Mumbai-based NGO dedicated to the educational needs of children who live on Mumbai’s streets.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-05-13 |title=Life's lessons learnt on the sidewalk |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/lifes-lessons-learnt-on-the-sidewalk/articleshow/2039449.cms |access-date=2023-11-23 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

Swarup was born in [[Nashik]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shubhangi Swarup |url=https://www.thejcbprize.org/author/shubhangi-swarup |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=www.thejcbprize.org}}</ref> to Sunanda Swarup and Govind Swarup in 1982. She holds a Masters of Sciences degree in Violence, Conflict and Development from [[SOAS University of London]].

== Notable works ==

=== ''Latitudes of Longing'' (2018) ===
Swarup began work on her first book in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-08-05 |title=Indian women are wowing the West with their first novels |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/indian-women-are-wowing-the-west-with-their-first-novels/articleshow/77374522.cms |access-date=2023-10-23 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> In an interview published in [[The Hindu]], she mentioned that it took her seven years to write the novel, and that her training as a journalist taught her ‘the value of deadlines, and sticking to them in the face of uncertainty.’.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mukherjee |first=Anusua |date=2020-02-08 |title=In conversation with Shubhangi Swarup |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/the-seed-of-the-novel-lies-in-disbelief-shubhangi-swarup/article30759640.ece |access-date=2023-11-23 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2 September 2018 |title=Human imagination has been trapped in rooms of our own creation |work=Business Standard |agency=IANS |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/human-imagination-has-been-trapped-in-rooms-of-our-own-creation-novelist-shubhangi-swarup-118090200170_1.html}}</ref>

''[[Latitudes of Longing]]'' is among the first Indian novels to engage with nature as a living, heaving entity. A tectonically active fault-line running through the Indian subcontinent holds all the stories together, in lieu of a plot. Winner of the [[Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature]], the jury observed that the novel has invented a genre in itself: the fiction of nature.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shubhangi Swarup, prix Émile Guimet de littérature asiatique 2023 |url=https://actualitte.com/article/109643/prix-litteraires/shubhangi-swarup-prix-emile-guimet-de-litterature-asiatique-2023 |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=ActuaLitté.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Critically and commercially successful, the novel is in the process of being translated in 17 different languages.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shubhangi Swarup - Aevitas Creative Management |url=https://www.aevitascreative.com/client/shubhangi-swarup |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=www.aevitascreative.com}}</ref> It was selected by the GOOP book club<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goop Book Club - Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup |url=https://goop.com/book-club-latitudes-of-longing/}}</ref> and Oprah Daily<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-24 |title=28 Books to Transport You This Summer, Written By Women Around the World |url=https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a32825018/best-summer-books-2020/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=Oprah Daily |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-08 |title=Oprah picks Mumbai debut writer Shubhangi Swarup for her summer list |url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//how-to-lounge/books/oprah-picks-mumbai-debut-writer-shubhangi-swarup-for-her-summer-list-111634475221998.html |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=Mintlounge |language=en}}</ref> in 2020, and its Taiwanese translation was selected by the Eslite chain of bookstores, Taipei as their November book of the month.

=== ''Shikaar'' (2019) ===
''Shikaar'' is a Hindi play conceptualized and co-written by Swarup in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SHIKAAR Hindi Play/Drama - www.MumbaiTheatreGuide.com |url=https://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/hindi/shikaar-hindi-play-preview.asp# |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=www.mumbaitheatreguide.com}}</ref> She wrote the story, and the play was produced by Patchworks Ensemble. Set among a group of [[Churel|chudails]], the story explores the threat independent women pose to fascism.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The play Shikaar preys on our notions of hunter and hunted |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/leisure/2022/09/30/shikaar-the-play-preys-on-our-notions-of-hunter-and-hunted.html |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=The Week |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Phukan |first=Vikram |date=2019-08-14 |title=Shikaar: A commune of chudails |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/a-commune-of-chudails/article29094161.ece |access-date=2023-11-23 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=No easy answers! |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-no-easy-answers-2780957 |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=DNA India |language=en}}</ref> Shikaar received both popular and critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Phukan |first=Vikram |date=2019-08-14 |title=Shikaar: A commune of chudails |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/a-commune-of-chudails/article29094161.ece |access-date=2023-11-01 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-21 |title=Shikaar successfully walks the fine line between real laughs and real fears |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/witches-brew-shikaar-5921741/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards ==
Swarup was awarded the Charles Pick Fellowship for creative writing<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles Pick Fellowship - School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing - About |url=https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/school-of-literature-drama-and-creative-writing/creative-writing/writing-fellowship/charles-pick-fellowship |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=www.uea.ac.uk}}</ref> at the [[University of East Anglia]], and the South Asia Laadli Media & Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity twice for her articles - "The Many Perceptions of Rape", 2009<ref>{{Cite web |title=5_Down_NATIONAL_BROCHURE_2010-2011_CURVE.pdf - Microsoft Word Online |url=https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=CE7D1110124EDAD5!147002&authkey=!AL9djkaSFfifLas |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=onedrive.live.com}}</ref> and "Stealth Revolution", 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=5_Down_NATIONAL_BROCHURE_2010-2011_CURVE.pdf - Microsoft Word Online |url=https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=CE7D1110124EDAD5!147002&authkey=!AL9djkaSFfifLas |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=onedrive.live.com}}</ref>

For ''Latitudes of Longing'', she received the following awards and nominations -
* the 6th [[Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature]], 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shubhangi Swarup remporte le prix Emile Guimet de littérature asiatique |url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/shubhangi-swarup-remporte-le-prix-emile-guimet-de-litterature-asiatique |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Livres Hebdo |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=lalettre |date=2023-01-21 |title=Prix Émile Guimet de littérature asiatique 2023 à Shubhangi Swarup |url=http://lalettredulibraire.com/Prix-%C3%89mile-Guimet-de-litt%C3%A9rature-asiatique-2023-%C3%A0-Shubhangi-Swarup |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=lalettredulibraire.com |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |date=2023-01-23 |title=Shubhangi Swarup's 'Latitudes of Longings' wins 2023 Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature |url=https://scroll.in/article/1042393/shubhangi-swarups-latitudes-of-longings-wins-2023-emile-guimet-prize-for-asian-literature |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Shubhangi Swarup, prix Émile Guimet de littérature asiatique 2023 |url=https://actualitte.com/article/109643/prix-litteraires/shubhangi-swarup-prix-emile-guimet-de-litterature-asiatique-2023 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=ActuaLitté.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* won the [[Sushila Devi Literature Award]] for Best Book of Fiction Written By A Woman, 2020<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-03 |title=Shubhangi Swarup's Latitudes of Longing wins Sushila Devi Literature Award |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/shubhangi-swarup-latitudes-of-longing-wins-sushila-devi-literature-award-6197805/ |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* longlisted for [[International Dublin Literary Award]], 2020<ref>{{Cite web |last=IGO |date=2019-11-09 |title=Latitudes of Longing |url=https://dublinliteraryaward.ie/the-library/books/latitudes-of-longing/ |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Dublin Literary Award |language=en-US}}</ref>
* longlisted for [[DSC Prize for South Asian Literature]], 2019<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Porter |date=2019-09-27 |title=DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Releases Its Longlist |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2019/09/dsc-prize-for-south-asian-literature-releases-its-longlist/ |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Publishing Perspectives |language=en-US}}</ref>
* won the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award - Debut Fiction, 2018<ref>{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |title=Shubhangi Swarup and James Crabtree among the winners of the Tata Literature Live Awards |url=https://shop.scroll.in/book/902781/shubhangi-swarup-and-james-crabtree-among-the-winners-of-the-tata-literature-live-awards |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref>
* shortlisted for the inaugural [[JCB Prize|JCB Prize for Literature]], 2018<ref>{{Citation |title=JCB Prize |date=2023-04-19 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JCB_Prize&oldid=1150724581 |work=Wikipedia |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jasmine Days |url=https://www.thejcbprize.org/prize/2018 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=www.thejcbprize.org}}</ref>

== Influences ==
Discussing her literary influences in an interview with Prakruti Maniar,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-18 |title=Fiction begins where non-fiction ends: Shubhangi Swarup - Purple Pencil Project |url=https://www.purplepencilproject.com/shubhangi-swarup-author/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |language=en-US}}</ref> Swarup cited [[Naguib Mahfouz]] and [[A. K. Ramanujan|A.K. Ramanujan]], specifically his short story collection ''[[A Flowering Tree: A Woman's Tale|A Flowering Tree]]'' for narrative style, as well as [[Haruki Murakami]], [[Gabriel García Márquez]] and [[Maria Dermoût]]'s ''[[The Ten Thousand Things]]'', and other Japanese, Spanish and African literature.

Beyond literature, Swarup also credited filmmaker [[Hayao Miyazaki]] as a strong influence.

== References ==
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